Hanging Stone
Hanging Stone is a stone in Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Hanging Stone is situated nearby to the heath South Pennine Moors, as well as near Forest Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lud’s Church and St Michael’s Church, Wincle.
Lud’s Church
Lud's Church is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England. Lud’s Church is situated 1 mile east of Hanging Stone.
St Michael’s Church, Wincle
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church is in the village of Wincle, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. St Michael’s Church, Wincle is situated 1 mile northwest of Hanging Stone.
The Roaches
Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Roaches is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to 505 m. The Roaches is situated 2 miles southeast of Hanging Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allgreave and Wildboarclough.
Allgreave
Village
Photo: Steve Lewin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allgreave is a village in the civil parishes of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough and Wincle, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Wildboarclough
Hamlet
Photo: Pete Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wildboarclough is a village in the Macclesfield Forest, in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in the Cheshire East district of Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park. Wildboarclough is situated 2 miles north of Hanging Stone.
Bosley Minn
Locality
Bosley Minn is one of two names – the other being Wincle Minn – given to a prominent hill in southeast Cheshire and in the southwestern corner of the Peak District National Park in northern England. Bosley Minn is situated 2 miles west of Hanging Stone.
Hanging Stone
- Type: Stone
- Category: landform
- Location: Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.18561° or 53° 11′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.04102° or 2° 2′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5V5XP5+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 367113847OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stone
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